United States President Donald Trump visits the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem and becomes the first sitting U.S. president to visit the Western Wall. Date: May 22, 2017 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 22 📅 Events on this day in 2017 📅 On This Day (Today)
Twenty-two people are killed at an Ariana Grande concert in the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing. Date: May 22, 2017 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 22 📅 Events on this day in 2017 📅 On This Day (Today)
Pakistan International Airlines Flight 8303 crashes in Model Colony near Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 98 people. Date: May 22, 2020 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 22 📅 Events on this day in 2020 📅 On This Day (Today)
Hypothermia kills 21 runners in the 100 km (60-mile) Gansu ultramarathon disaster in China. Date: May 22, 2021 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 22 📅 Events on this day in 2021 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is founded in Paris. Date: May 21, 1904 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 21 📅 Events on this day in 1904 📅 On This Day (Today)
President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz and the revolutionary Francisco Madero sign the Treaty of Ciudad Juárez to put an end to the fighting between the forces of both men, concluding the initial phase of the Mexican Revolution. Date: May 21, 1911 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 21 📅 Events on…
The Great Atlanta fire of 1917 causes $5.5 million in damages, destroying some 300 acres including 2,000 homes, businesses and churches, displacing about 10,000 people but leading to only one fatality (due to heart attack). Date: May 21, 1917 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 21 📅 Events on this day in…
The Imperial War Graves Commission is established through royal charter to mark, record, and maintain the graves and places of commemoration of the British Empire's military forces. Date: May 21, 1917 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 21 📅 Events on this day in 1917 📅 On This Day (Today)
University of Chicago students Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr. murder 14-year-old Bobby Franks in a "thrill killing". Date: May 21, 1924 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 21 📅 Events on this day in 1924 📅 On This Day (Today)
The opera Doktor Faust, unfinished when composer Ferruccio Busoni died, is premiered in Dresden. Date: May 21, 1925 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 21 📅 Events on this day in 1925 📅 On This Day (Today)